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PenCLAHRC researcher, Dr Iain Lang, has commented on a new study
published in The Lancet Public Health, which provides evidence
to suggest that people who drink excessively are putting themselves
at serious risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Lead by Michaël Schwarzinger, MD, the study used the French
National Hospital Discharge database to examine over a million
people diagnosed with dementia between 2008 and 2013. More than a
third – 38% of the 57,000 cases of early-onset dementia – were
found to be directly alcohol-related and 18% had an additional
diagnosis of alcohol use disorders. Alcohol use disorders were
concluded...

A study published in the American Journal of Geriatric
Psychiatry indicates that middle-aged adults with a history of
problem drinking are more than twice as likely to suffer from
severe memory impairment in later life.

The study highlights the hitherto largely unknown link between
harmful patterns of alcohol consumption and problems with memory
later in life – problems which may place people at a high risk of
developing dementia.

The study was carried out by researchers from the University of
Exeter Medical School with support from NIHR CLAHRC South West
Peninsula (PenCLAHRC).

The research team studied the association between a history of
alcohol...